Couples, marriages... a dangerous game in Barcelona's theatrical spring

Couples, marriages… a dangerous game in Barcelona’s theatrical spring

There is no doubt that Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, by Edward Albee, is one of the most iconic plays of the 20th century. And it talks about nothing more than a marriage: the battle royale starring Martha and George is legendary, with some iconic lines. Like when she, after hearing him say he can’t take it anymore, shoots back: “You can take it! That’s why you married me!”. Ingmar Bergman delved into the subject with the masterful series Scenes from a Marriage, adapted for the stage a thousand times. Right now, at the Maldà, the company El Eje is performing a quite successful version of the classic, Escenes d’una separació, with a script by Eva Pauné Martínez. It turns Marianne and Johan into Alba and Joana, a lesbian couple trying to survive in present-day Barcelona. They love and hate each other at the same time, but they can’t live without being together. Mar Pawlowsky and Patrícia Bargalló know how to take their characters to the limit, with the mirror of the creatures created by the Swedish genius as a reflection. An excellent performance.

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Junts opts for Rius as candidate in Barcelona but Martí does not give up

Junts opts for Rius as candidate in Barcelona but Martí does not give up

The last campaign of the municipal elections, in May 2023, was immediately followed by another, the general elections that Pedro Sánchez unexpectedly called the day after the vote. In that second electoral race, with the election of the mayors already decided and the baton of the Catalan capital in the hands of the socialist Jaume Collboni, the name of Josep Rius was already circulating as a possible candidate for Junts in the next contest. Three years later, that scenario that was being drawn up in the gossip circles of the post-convergent is closer to becoming a reality.

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Souvenir business offensive to take over Gaudí Avenue in Barcelona

Souvenir business offensive to take over Gaudí Avenue in Barcelona

Two weeks ago, the owner of the historic Soriano flower shop on Gaudí Avenue received the latest offer to leave and make way for another store crowded with souvenirs. His gladioli enjoy privileged views of the Sagrada Família temple. “And this time it really was a good offer – admits Xavier Soriano himself –. The truth is that I have been holding on for a few years because of my father and my grandfather, because my father and grandfather dedicated their lives to this flower shop, because my family has been here since 1940. But it has been a long time since I made a living with other businesses, because selling flowers here makes very little sense, because on this avenue there are only problems… I would have accepted this offer, I admit it, and let them start selling souvenirs, but…”.

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Bezos yes, Mamdani no Who cares about the Met Gala?

Bezos yes, Mamdani no Who cares about the Met Gala?

There was a time when an invitation to the Met Gala conferred more authority than visibility. Those who ascended those stairs did not need to amplify their image: they already defined taste. In 2003, when the entry cost $3,500, critic Cathy Horyn described it as “the most expensive party in town.” The sponsor was Gucci, Tom Ford was at the height of his influence (not yet measured in followers or likes), and the detail (4,000 peonies in the centerpieces) was not excess, but language. Taste was the theme. Taste was the argument.

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“I fell in love with a Dane 16 years younger; I saw him in a magazine and it was love at first sight”: she tells her love story in her first novel, at 70

“I fell in love with a Dane 16 years younger; I saw him in a magazine and it was love at first sight”: she tells her love story in her first novel, at 70

Lourdes proudly states that her sixth decade has been thrilling, fun, and challenging: she succeeded in digital journalism thanks to her Twitter activity, took on professional challenges such as directing a magazine, and now, having turned 70, continues with her vacation rental business in Malvarrosa and is finalizing the details of her first autofiction novel. In it, this Valencian woman, who prefers not to reveal her last name, addresses a “very surprising” sentimental experience: a romance with a Dane 16 years younger than her. But first, let’s go back a little in time.

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Happy May Second

Happy May Second

Happy Community of Madrid Day! An ideal place to settle. One of the most prosperous regions in Europe, unaffected by the north-south split between rich and poor, neither in the region nor in the capital. Thus, the green mountains of the north and the dry countryside of the south have the

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‘Michael’, when a life is a business

‘Michael’, when a life is a business

Michael Jackson was too tempting a candy for the film industry to escape the trend of musical biopics. But Michael, the newly released story of the king of pop, has come to light with more chiaroscuro than a Caravaggio to navigate the multiple mines contained in the artist’s story in a film that began to take shape after the success achieved in 2019 by Bohemian Rhapsody and that had from the beginning the support of Jackson’s heirs.

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